Most recognized for its appearance in the third and seventh seasons of Thomas and Friends, this signal box provides a wonderfully unique style to the railway. For this project I wanted to replicate the signal box using CAD design and 3D printing, whilst experimenting with assembling the roof’s unique shape out of plastic sheets. While I might revisit this project with a darker green one day, for now I am quite pleased with the end result and am especially happy with the confidence this project gave me in assembling differently shaped roofs!
Making of: Signal Box 3
The signal box's screen used prop (season 3 condition)
My CAD design of the structure
The structure after printing and assembly - a little out of scale, but still fits in very well!
Plastic texture sheets were used for the roof, cut in a specific pattern to create the unique roof shape. Toothpicks were used for the roof poles.
The roof after being painted and weathered - completing the model!